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General
- Natural
dyes are a class of colorants extracted from vegetative matter and
animal residues.
- There are
many plant materials that can be used for dyeing yarns and materials:
roots, bark, leaves, berries, seeds, twigs, branches, tubers, and nut
hulls, each capable of producing a range of colors with various mordants
and yarns.
- Use of
natural dyes cuts down significantly on the amount of toxic effluent
resulting from the synthetic dye process.
Process
- Natural
dyes obtained from plants (indigo), those obtained from animals
(cochineal), and those obtained from minerals (ocher).
- Although
some fabrics such as silk and wool can be colored simply by being dipped
in the dye, others such as cotton, require a mordant.
- Natural
dye obtained from plants is madder, which is obtained from the roots of
the madder plant.
- The
plants are dug up, the roots washed and dried and ground into powder.
Market
- The US
and Europe import market supply of natural dyes is dominated by Mexico.
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Commercial indigo is sourced from both Mexico and India.
- Most of
the natural dyes produce comparatively dull shades.
- Lac,
cutch, barberry, kamala, tesu and dolu are all primarily sourced from
India, and cochineal and annatto seeds come mainly from Peru.
Application
- Natural
dyes were used to color clothing or other textiles.
- Alum,
usually used with cream of tartar, which helps evenness and brightens
slightly.
Iron (or copperas) which saddens or darken colors, bringing out green
shades.
- Tin,
usually used with cream of tartar, which blooms or brightens colors,
especially reds, oranges and yellows.
- Blue
vitriol which saddens colors and brings out greens and Tannic acid used
for tans and browns.
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